Usain Bolt Breaks His Own Record
Usain Bolt clearly does not require the intensity of a close race to obliterate his own world records.
After being pushed close to the finish line in the 100 on Sunday by Tyson Gay as Bolt won in a record-setting 9.58 seconds, Bolt had to do the pushing himself in the final straightaway of the 200 on Thursday.
Running alone — strikingly alone — in lane 5 in the final straightaway, he showed no interest in cruising to the finish. Instead, he sprinted through, and the result was a time of 19.19 seconds: 11-hundredths of a second faster than the world record he established a year ago at the Beijing Olympics. Read full story here
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Posted by: BBParks
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Sources: ESPN
